Improvement in wagon-hubs



J. BIHUBBEL L Wagon Hub. No. 107,497. Patented Sept. 20

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J EROM E' B. HUBBELL, OF N AUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 107 ,497 datedrSeptember 20, 18 70.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-HUBS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. JEROME B. HUBBELL, of Naugatuck, in the county ofNew Haven and State oi' Conneoticut, have invented a-new and usefulImprovement in Wagon-Hubs; and'I do hereby declare that the followingis'a full,-clear, and exact descriptionthereof,

- which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming partof thisspecification.

This invention relates-to a new and useful improve ment in hubs forwagon-wheels, whereby they are made stronger and more durable than hubsof ordinary construction; and

It consists in a metallic hand on and in combination with awoodenniortised hub, constructed and arranged as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents a central cross-sectionof a wagon-hub constructed according to my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal seo'tion of fig. 1, on the line a; x. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 1 .1

A is the wooden hub, which is mortised for the spokes in the ordinarymanner.

B is a metallic band, which is driven onto the hub.

as seen in fig. 2.

This-band is grooved around its center, the groove corresponding inwidth with the width of the spokes- I am "aware that a metallic band,with orifices for receiving and supporting the spoke-tenons, has beenused in connection with a grooved wooden core. I

disclaim such an arrangement, my invention being a mortised hub,receiving the spoke-tenons in the ordinary way, and supported by ametallic ban'tl.

Having thus described my invention,

1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationof a mortised wooden hub, with a grooved metal band, having apertures inthe bottom thereof corresponding to the several mortises in hub,-

but slightly larger, to avoid contact of the spokes with said baud, allas shown and described. JEROME B. HUBBELL.

Witnesses LEWIS WARD, L. S. SPENCER.

